Someone help a brother out - Primers

[Sticks]

[Help]

I did not get in on the frenzy of buying reloading components. I have powder, brass out the ying yang, and bullets, but no primers. I have 17 online retailers bookmarked and all of them are back ordered for at least 3 months (I check daily), and that is just an estimate. Local stores...yeah right.

Anybody coming to the July match willing to part with 1-2k small pistol primers so I can keep shooting? It should carry me until the middle of next year, and hopefully the stores will have them in stock by then and I can keep going on my own.

$30 per thou.

Even if there were 3 or 4 guys willing to let loose of 300 each, anything will help. I only have enough ammo to get me through August.

Sticks

[Hoser]

Do you have any backordered? If not, fix that. If the vendors will let you.

[Tristan]

Where do you live? There's a small shop in Ft. Collins that had several thousand last time I was in, but who knows now. They actually have tons of reloading stuff.
Tristan

[Sticks]

Hoser - Half the online places are not taking new orders, and I do have some on order with a couple of places. Shipping date - maybe sometime this year. It keeps getting extended.

Tristan - If I am lucky, they will still have some next weekend, unless you could swing by and grab some (2k max) for me. I will be working in Greeley through at least Tuesday (though I have to pack for an entire week). So I could meet up with you. My company is doing the paving of the northern leg/business route Hwy 34. I am in a company truck, I can not deviate from my route to and from, nor leave the job area/city otherwise I'd swing by there myself, presuming they stay open after 6pm.

[Fried Chicken Blowout]

The Walmart between Loveland and Ft. Collins had a bunch about 2 weeks back and they were $60/1000 so I assume that didn't go fast. I'm totally out but I have 60k on back order with Cabela's that just got pushed back 30 days. It was scheduled to ship on 6/30... I got an email this AM saying that it's not going to ship until 7/30. This is the second time they moved it back. I'm sure the kids will be back in school before I see them...

[Tristan]

Well, I just called them and they are out. The only place I could find them was the walmart in Sterling. Sorry!
Tristan

[Sticks]

Thanks for checking for me Tristan. I think I am down to hoping someone who stockpiled will be willing to part with some. I made some calls to, and heard lots of laughter.

[Bongo Boy]

Can't help you...I have no primers. But, my strategy is sort of like what Hoser suggested...I found Cabela's would at least take the order at $29/1000, so I ordered 'em. I have no hope of actually seeing them this summer, but I AM assuming that since they took my order, I have them at $29/1000.

I also order 3 jugs of Clays from Cabelas, and those arrived in something like 3 days, about 4 days ahead of schedule. So, I have something to sniff at least. Nothing to reload, but lots of dreams of bright shiny cartridges coming off the line by the hundreds. :(

Like someone observed over at the Brian Enos forum...the shortage has improved my shooting skills significantly, I think. I've learned a lot dry firing and have spent more time actually laying out something close to a training plan (drawing from holster, acquiring sight picture/target), etc. A silver lining, as it were.

[Sticks]

I've got 2 flavors of 3k ea. on order with Cabellas (still on back order - 3rd notice). I did however get in on some Wolf primers (5k) from Wideners and they showed up yesterday. I'm good for the next year or two. Would go longer but I picked up a Kel-Tec Sub 2000, so I suspect my consumption is going to go up.